Photo Booth??

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I have heard that some photographers set up an area near a bar (at a wedding) where people can go and get some quick photos taken of couples, groups etc. by an assistant photographer. Has anyone tried this, I am looking to figure out what materials to buy in order to do this. Thanks!

A good set of lights, backdrop, laptop and a dye sub printer 9x6 mounts and your good to go, we charge £10 per 9x6 with mount
I started off with a Hiti 930ps fantastic prints for the price and only cost me £0.90 for print and mount
 
In the Kansas City area, this is all the rage. A lot of weddings will book a separate service that is just the photobooth. The images are printed off on a photo-strip, and then the wedding couple also receives a DVD with all of the images on it.
The photobooth people are raking in the $$. They charge more for a reception setup than I do for my full-day services!
 
We've done this at weddings with a nice area as a background and we've also done this for a local bank's annual holiday party. The bank supplied a background that matched the party's theme - one was a vegas style casino and the other a western ranch. For the wedding, the subjects would also fill out a card with well wishes for the b/g. A book was made with all the photobooth photos along with the text they wrote. Came out great, but was a lot of work.
 
I currently charge between 550 and 1250 for my wedding shoots (I know, I should charge more, I'm working on it.) anyways, If I had some sort of photo booth setup, what would a good price be? I was thinking about having it unmanned except if something needs to be fixed here and there as ill be busy doing other actual wedding photos.
-Dave
 
When we package photo booth with our weddings, we already have a designated team which is ran by a very close childhood friend of mine. He charges about 600-800 for unlimited printing to us vendors as we mark it up accordingly depending on the client since we're the ones being booked. He has a laptop with the wireless data transfer from the camera which automatically edits presets in lightroom....then off to the printer.

It's really fun to package in weddings where it comes in handy for downtimes like cocktail hour or after dinner. The guests loves it as it it starting to become a replacement for wedding favours...where they get their picture taken and printed on the spot instead of some kind of chocolate covered strawberries with the couples initials engraved.

If you're going to market this as a stand alone...your best customers are other photographers....atleast that's where my friend gets most of his bookings. Market it as a replacement for party favors and affordable yet valuable entertainment for the wedding guests.
 
Sounds like there are two different approaches being discussed here. One is if you make your own "photo booth" - where you provide the camera, photographer, background, printer(s), computer, etc. The second option is to buy a real photo booth and rent it out to events. Then it does the work of the photographer, background, printer, computer, etc. You might still want someone there to guard and man it in case anything goes wrong (or to keep guests from abusing it), but you certainly wouldn't need a trained photographer to be there. So the real booth option is a lower long-term expense because you can pay just about anyone to man it. The first option of doing it all yourself seems like it would get old very quickly, and you would have to pay a fairly well-versed photographer/image processor to take and print the images. This would cost you more in the long run. I've never done either option, but I have shot weddings that had an automated photo booth at the reception, and it's always been a big hit with a line waiting at it all night. They generally rent for $750 to $1500 depending on how many hours they are needed.
 
Photo booths are a staple at weddings and other top events these days. We use a canopy and photo tower that takes the pictures and prints them on the spot. There is a 20" monitor inside so the clients can see themselves and what their photos will look like. Toss in a bunch of goofy props and you've got a hit on your hands.
 
HI everyone, I hope this is the right place to post this.... I own a small photo booth business outside the US and have been looking for photographers that want to partner with me in a photo booth business. I have the expertise and already have a booth in Houston with another photographer. I truly believe that my booths are unique in the sense that they offer a lot of options. Send me a PM if you are interested.
 
I did one at my own wedding tlast summer and peoples LOVED IT!!!,
It is also really nice to have all these pictures since there was 350 people at the wedding and we didnt really had the chance to see everyone like i would have wanted to.

We made an album with all these pictures and it looks really good.

My wedding photographer didnt offer the photobooth since it needed a second shooter.
My cousin proposed herself to be at the photobooth since she has a dslr and shoot alot. I mounted everything the day before the wedding.
Camera mounted on a tripod, gray seemless paper background. 1 key light through an umbrella and 1 background light.

I am deffinetly offering a photobooth with my wedding packages. I guess i would charge around 600 $ for the booth considering you have to pay someone to shoot at the booth + taking prints order. there is deffinetly a business for that.

We had a bunch of props. We also had the chance to take pictures with alot of people in the booth.

I did some quick change in lightroom to all the picture that took me about 1 hour to do. i uploaded the pictures online so they can get a copy
 
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I have one and its a nice way to have an opition in your wedding. I charge $650 extra to wedding party, they get a disc of all picture. Others can buy a 4x6 print for $5.00. Good and fun to have.
 
Hey everyone,
I’d really appreciate any help/testing/feedback that you could provide. The app is designed as an add-on for Photo Booths and Green Screen setups.
The concept is called Photo Party Upload and it allows photos to be instantly transferred wirelessly from the Photo Booth or Green Screen computer to an iPad(s). Then, guests can directly interact with the photos by uploading them to Facebook, Twitter, Email or Print live from the iPads. There are tons of marketing/branding features built in to this App, including graphic overlays, custom Tweet message, custom Facebook album, data capture, surveys, etc.

If you are interested in helping, and potentially writing a review , I would be happy to get you setup for a trial run. Feel free to contact me directly: [email protected]

Thanks in advance for all your help!
 
I currently charge between 550 and 1250 for my wedding shoots (I know, I should charge more, I'm working on it.) anyways, If I had some sort of photo booth setup, what would a good price be? I was thinking about having it unmanned except if something needs to be fixed here and there as ill be busy doing other actual wedding photos.
-Dave

You will make more in 3 hours than you do shooting the wedding
 
I've setup this 'rush photography' few times and it's been a success. All depends on size u want to print but basically a LOT of ink, paper, frames, backup/2nd printer and someone who'd monitor it.
 
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